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An Oct. 19 article on songwriter John Bucchino incorrectly stated that he doesn’t read. The sentence should have said he doesn’t read music.
Read MoreYay Pulitzers, or, Good thing you didn't close that paper, cuz it just won stuff…
Among the finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing, announced with the other Pulitzers about 20 minutes ago, is Amy Ellis Nutt, a…
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The Antelope’s Strategy
After the genocide, ordinary Rwandans wonder: Can survivors and killers share hilltops again? There’s a shorthand in journalism for the difficult work of covering…
Read More"No, I said I'd only waterboard if I HAD to, and then only for 20 minutes…."
The Obama Administration released some previously top secret documents about tactics used by the CIA today, at the same time that he promised those…
Read MoreOnce more to Rwanda, or "How a Rwandan genocide survivor made peace with the man who almost killed her"
“No Small Mercy” is my newest story on Rwanda, in the fabulous Canadian magazine The Walrus. Think of a publication whose mission is something…
Read MoreRemembering Rwanda
Life came to a standstill this week in Kigali, if it’s anything this year like it was last year. And I’m sure it was….
Read MoreIt's that time of year again
In Rwanda, in any case. Yesterday were the official ceremonies to mark the 15th anniversary of the genocide. I’m not in Kigali this year,…
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Ex-Combatants Return to a Changed Rwanda
A former ‘big man’ deserts his Congo-based militia after learning more about the country he left. Kigali, Rwanda – On a cool February afternoon,…
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Forging New Ways to Live Together After Genocide
The effort plays out in local courts as well as camps that teach the culture of a ‘new’ Rwanda. KIGALI, RWANDA — Two years…
Read MoreDear White People, Love Rwanda
At a conference last week about Rwanda, Jacqueline Murekatete, a genocide survivor who lives in New York and works with a nonprofit called Miracle…
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